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Definition of coterie in English:

coterie

Pronunciation: /ˌkōdəˈrē//ˈkōdərē/

noun

A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.

‘a coterie of friends and advisers’

‘This coterie, some ministers complain, has made an otherwise accessible chief minister elusive.’

‘I put on an afternoon tea for my coterie of new international students, inviting former students to come along and share their wisdom.’

‘Consequently there are situations where even legitimate facts are negated by the scientific coterie.’

‘Obviously, the difference was pocketed by the ruling coterie.’

‘We haven't yet reached the point where the coterie begins to jump ship, but they have enough to worry about already.’

‘A coterie of students stood close by the stairs to the beach, kicking sand at each other and taking turns leaping into the ocean.’

‘Polo has long been a favourite among the royals and their coterie, but it is increasingly accessible to mere mortals, too.’

‘These are questions that are no longer restricted to a small coterie of people who are ‘interested in politics’.’

‘The contestants primp and preen, surrounded by clucking coteries of friends and parents.’

‘Dynasties cannot survive without coteries, and without a belief in their own right to rule.’

‘No doubt the winner will be most gratified and a coterie of industry insiders will take great interest in the results.’

‘He has numerous houses in several countries and embraces a coterie of celebrity friends.’

‘The hermit's warning about marriage didn't seem to trouble him: he enjoyed a coterie of wives and survived unscathed.’

‘Once again they are superb at building a picture of the times, especially the foment of ideas and information that found fertile ground in the coteries and cliques of Restoration coffee-shop culture.’

‘They are trapped with the coteries of a dying movement.’

‘Each coterie defends a home territory of about one acre from surrounding coteries.’

‘How, you wonder, could she have ended up surrounding herself with a coterie of astrologers, spiritualists and lifestyle consultants?’

‘The show depends on a coterie of regular guests.’

‘As it is, he has virtually become a prisoner of the coterie around him!’

‘Nor was it particularly funny when he turned up for their first date accompanied by a coterie of managers, friends and hangers-on.’